Seasonality and atmospheric dynamics of the teleconnection between African rainfall and tropical sea-surface temperature: Atlantic vs. ENSO

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 973-1005

  Camberlin, P ^a   Janicot, S ^b   Poccard, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

African rainfall; Atmospheric circulation; Composite analysis; ENSO; Interannual variability; NCEP NCAR reanalysis; Seasonal patterns; Tropical SST

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICS;

SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TELECONNECTION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035973143     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.673     Document Type: Article

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